Thankfully we get lots of requests for new pages. Well…the wife recently informed me that my way of collecting my requests was pretty weak. She seems to think that writing down requests on whatever piece of paper or napkin or bill that is currently on my desk is not the way to do it. So….since she is way smarter than me….I have decided to create a page just for requests. Plus it should give a good idea of what pages are coming down the pike.
My logic in picking which page to do next….I lean heavily towards the subject that has the most requests.
- Roger Corman – request by Dan
- Peter Cushing – request made by SteveLensman, Dan & Brando 90
- Disney Live Action 1967-1980 – request by Mimic
- Foreign Movies requested by Laurent
- Samuel Goldwyn – request by Dan
- Sam Katzman – request by Dan
- Fritz Lang – request by Lupino, Just Me
- Bruce Lee – request by Brando 90
- Harold Lloyd – request by Søren, Me
- Henry Mancini – request by Flora
- Patricia Medina – request by Dan
- Mirisch Brothers – request by Dan
- Edward Small – request by Dan
- Rudolph Valentino – request by Laurent
Completed requests:
- Kurt Russell Facts – request by WoC – 4/27/17
- Gunfight At OK Corral Movies – request by Sunter – 4/26/17
- John Sturges – request by HotHam – 4/24/17
- Favorite Movies – request by LoP – 4/23/17
- Tim Conway – request by Cogerson – 4/20/17
- Fast & Furious Movies – request by Bry57 – 4/17/17
- 1945 Movies – request by LoP – 4/15/17
- Rosalind Russell – request by Chris – 4/12/17
- Vin Diesel – request by Bry57 – 4/11/17
- 1944 Movies – request by LoP – 4/9/17
- Going In Style – request by WoC – 4/6/17
- Don Ameche – request by Søren – 4/1/17
- 1943 Movies – request by LoP – 3/30/17
- Sylvia Sidney – request by Lupino – 3/27/17
- Marine Movies – request by Alex – 3/23/17
- 2017 Actress Tourney – request by me – 3/20/17
- 1937 Movies – request by LoP – 3/18/17
- 2017 Actor Tourney – request by me – 3/16/17
- Sonja Henie – request by Kevin – 3/14/17
- Emma Watson – request by Katie – 3/14/17
- 1938 Movies – request by LoP – 3/13/17
- Sean Penn – request by Hinton66 – 3/11/17
- Arlene Dahl – request by Flora – 3/8/17
- 1941 Movies – request by LoP – 3/6/17
- Cameron Crowe – request by Cogerson – 3/4/17
- Tony Curtis – request by Dan – written 3/2/17
- Bill Paxton – request by WoC – written 2/26/17
- 1980s Action Heroes – request by me – written 2/25/17
- Kathryn Grayson – request by Flora – written 2/24/17
- Ben Kingsley – request by Hinton1966 – written 2/22/17
- Donna Reed – request by John,Lupino – written 2/19/17
- Judd Nelson – request by Cogerson – written 2/17/17
- Dev Patel – request by Aarav – written 2/16/17
- Ray Milland – request by Chris – written 2/13/17
- Michael Bay – request by Tomlin – written 2/8/17
- Mario Lanza – request by BERN1960 – written 2/7/17
- Top Hits Through 1965 – request by me – written 2/5/17
- Margaret Sullavan – request by Lupino – written 2/3/17
- Time Travel Movies – request by Katie – written 2/2/17
- Danny Glover – request by Dan – written 2/1/17
- Clifton Webb – request by Cameron – written 1/29/17
- John Hurt – request by Scotty – written 1/27/17
- Dana Andrews – request by many – written 1/26/17
- Paul Giamatti – request by BryRog57 – written 1/24/17
- Priscilla Lane – request by Kevin & Lupino – written 1/22/17
- Richard Gere – request by Chris & WoC – written 1/18/17
- Van Heflin – request by Peterson – written 1/15/17
- Donald Trump – request by WoC – written 1/11/17
- Battle of the Legends – request by WoC – written 1/11/17
- Richard Dreyfuss – request by Hinton – written 1/10/17
- George Arliss – request by Top Billed – written 1/9/17
- Dick Powell – request by Top Billed – written 1/8/17
- Your Movie Sucks – request by J. Scott – written 1/6/17
- Jason Statham – request by Michael – written 1/4/17
- Wallace Beery – request by Søren – written 1/3/17
- December 2016 (9 requests written)1959 MoviesCarrie Fisher, Lyle Talbot,Video Game Movies,1976 Movies,George Lucas,Fredric March,Daniel Radcliffe,Virginia Mayo
- November 2016 (13 requests written) Nicole Kidman,Dorothy Lamour, Gail Russell, Victor Mature, Michael Biehn, Jeanette MacDonald, Donald Crisp,Paul Henreid,Linda Darnell, Christopher Plummer, Jean Arthur,Career Top Ticket Sellers,Ray Harryhausen
- October 2016 (12 requests written) Jake Gyllenhaal,Paulette Goddard,Justin Timberlake,Bad Blockbusters,Quigley 1939 Stars,Paul Muni,Gary Oldman,John Barrymore,Ronald Reagan,Robert Zemeckis,Warner Brothers Ledgers Trip,Sydney Greenstreet
- September 2016 (16 requests written) Jeremy Irons, Maureen O’Sullivan,Joel McCrea,Mr. Moto Movies,Who Is Next Brando?,Betty Hutton,Gene Wilder,Van Johnson,Richard Pryor,Top 200 Science Fiction Movies,627 Science Fiction Movies,Philip Seymour Hoffman,Robert Altman,Tiger Theater,Thelma Ritter, George C. Scott
- July 2016 (14 requests written) McClane vs Bourne,Frank Marshall,Kathleen Kennedy,Esther Williams,Mel Brooks,Vincente Minnelli,Tommy Lee Jones,Walter Pidgeon,Melissa McCarthy,Greer Garson,Garry & Penny Marshall,Gene Tierney,Steven Seagal,Walter Wanger
- June 2016 (15 requests written) Glenn Close,Audie Murphy,Sigourney Weaver,Robert Montgomery,Chevy Chase,Anton Yelchin,Josef von Sternberg,Michael J. Fox,George Stevens,Deanna Durbin,Ryan Gosling,Robert Taylor,John Goodman,Peter Sellers,Annette Bening
- May 2016 (12 requests written) Robert Ryan,2016 Movies,Shelley Winters,Ernest Borgnine,Ann-Margret,Michael Fassbender,Yul Brynner,Tim Burton,John Williams,Jennifer Jones,Roger Moore, Western Movies
- April 2016 (13 requests written) Top 100 Westerns, Sally Field,Kay Francis, Leslie Howard, Diane Keaton, Top 100 Stars, Deborah Kerr, Top 25 Actresses 1950-2010, Top 25 Actors 1950-2010, Rob Reiner,Elia Kazan, Ice Cube, Fred MacMurray
- March 2016 (16 requests written)Top 100 Film Noir Movies, Warren Beatty, Movie of the Year, Keira Knightley, Film Noir Movies,George Cukor, Peter Lorre, Lucille Ball, Kevin Smith, Frank Capra,Claude Rains, Chuck Norris, Top 100 Musicals, Seth Rogen,Alan Ladd Movies, Daniel Craig Movies
- February 2016 (13 requests written) Lionel Barrymore Movies, AFI Top 100 Movies, AFI Top 50 Screen Legends,Mary Pickford, Drew Barrymore, Buster Keaton, Sam Peckinpah, Jessica Chastain, Lillian Gish, John Hughes, Richard Burton, Warren Oates, 1952 Top Grossing Movies,
- January 2016 (19 requests written) Kate Winslet, Claudette Colbert, Ben Stiller, Carole Lombard, Top Ticket Selling Movies, Edith Head, Joan Fontaine, Zoe Saldana,Ronald Colman, Stephen King Movies, Roy Scheider,Classic Movie Actor Stat Table ,Steve Carell, Glenn Ford, David Bowie, Samuel L. Jackson, Tarzan Movies.Francis Ford Coppola, Randolph Scot, Mark Ruffalo
- December 2015 (18 requests written) Anthony Quinn, Vincent Price, Peter O’Toole, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan, Betty Grable, Best Christmas Movies, Terry Gilliam ,Natalie Wood, Paul Rudd, Rita Hayworth, Jason Bateman, David Niven, Fred Zinnemann, William Powell, Bruce Dern, Jane Fonda, Billy Wilder
- November 2015 (10 requests written) Dan Patrick, David Lean ,Julianne Moore, Orson Welles, John Candy, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman Movies
- October 2015 (9 requests written) Cecil B. DeMille, Goldie Hawn ,Mickey Rooney , Andy Hardy Movies, Chris Evans Lauren Bacall ,Debbie Reynolds ,Ma and Pa Kettle Movies, Tom Hardy
- September 2015 (8 requests written) Ava Gardner, Emily Blunt , Jean Harlow , Kevin Costner, 1942 Top Grossing Movies ,Susan Sarandon , Abbott and Costello ,Screen Duos
Many more to come…have to find all of my old napkins and transfer the requests to this page.
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Since you like to focus on requests even for current day performers, how about Rory Cochrane. I am a big fan of his.
Flora
Hey Flora…. I will add Rory Cochrane to the list of requests….Alan Ladd will be the next person to get a page.
Thanks for the heads up, Bruce.
I love Alan Ladd movies.
Thinking the Ladd page will see the light of day on Saturday.
Hi
What about doing a page on a list of people’s favourite movies? Or lists of musicals and Westerns?
Also Director, George Cukor and actress Greer Garson.
Thanks
Hey Chris I will add…..Cukor, Garson, Westerns and Musicals to the list of request. As for people’s favorite movies…not sure I know what you mean. I guess I could do a page that requested favorite movies…..and then do a table on the ones people suggested….Steve Lensman would name Ben-Hur..and thus secure a Top 10 spot. Thanks for the suggestions.
Add my name to request for Musicals, Cukor and Garson
Hey Flora….I will add your name to those 3 requests.
Saw Deadpool this afternoon….and during the credits…I read an interesting tidbit. The producers wanted to thank 20th Century for the use of the movie poster The Gunfighter. I did not see the poster while watching the movie…but I will be keeping an eye open for that movie poster the next time I watch that movie. So Gregory Peck in a small way is in Deadpool…a movie breaking box office records in 2016. Needless to say when I saw that….I thought of you.
I may have to see Deadpool after all….
Hey Flora…..it is a very different comic book superhero movie…well deserving of its R rating.
Bruce:
How many of the requested classic names -general percentage, say- do you already have over 80% of them in your database already because of their co-stars?
Based upon that and classic year pages, these can be your classic era focus.
I would like to add the year 1976 as a request. A friend of mine asked me what movies were made the year I was born, and after naming a couple of them, I couldn’t recall. It would be interesting to know how many I have seen.
I know that All the President’s Men was made that year.
Hey Flora…I would say close to 100% of them are already in the database…just some of them their tally counts are very small…Peter Cushing is in there 8 times….but he made over 100 movies. Meanwhile George C. Scott is in there 18 times out of roughly 35 movies. I appreciate the suggestion.
I have added 1976 to the request…I will make sure I do that year next when I do another year page..as always thanks for the visit, the comment and the input.
Lucille Ball
I will add her to the list….she made over 80 feature films. Thanks for the suggestion..
So….which page are you working on next in terms of new pages rather than revamped pages as well as which revamped pages you will feature when they are done?
Just wondering if the next page will be one where I am familiar with the artist/theme etc.
Flora
Hey Flora…not 100% sure….being a Denver Bronco fan….all of my spare time has been on the highs of their Super Bowl win last night….floating on cloud 9…..movies have “gasp” taken a back seat to football.
Looking at the request list…Richard Burton might be a fairly easy one to do….since I think I already have a good % of his movies in the database. Then again….the last page was on a classic…which would mean Seth Rogen or Drew Barrymore (both have been on the list a very longtime) might be next.
Since you are distracted by football – never a problem for me – you might want to focus on one where you pretty much have all the data regardless o the era.
I think I have seen only one Seth Rogan – and no, it is not the one that caused the controversy.
As for Drew Barrymore, I haven’t seen much of her actual career, but because of my love of the Barrymore family, I would still have plenty to say on the page.
Hey Flora….it will be Richard Burton….have a few more movies to find…and then I want to update my Elizabeth Taylor page…so the numbers will match…30% chance I can get both done tonight….if not it will be first thing in the morning.
Sounds like fun.
While you are in this time period of changing your formula, may I suggest to you that you focus on subjects that personally interest you in terms o f learning about the people or finding out what movies you want to see, regardless of how many requests that page has or how long it has been waiting.
Keep in mind that some people come to your pages for research and some people come for fun. Do not pick a subject where the thread may become overwhelmed with current events posts unless you want to talk about them. As you can likely tell on the TCM forum, even people who enjoy watching political things are tired of the threads being taken over by politics when the title of thread is not political.